Excellence of Generosity and Spending in a Good cause with Reliance on Allah
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While a man was walking through a barren land, he heard a voice coming out of a cloud saying: 'Irrigate the garden of so-and- so.' Thereupon the cloud drifted in a certain direction and discharged its water over a rocky plain. The streamlets flowed into a channel. This man followed the channel until it reached a garden and he saw the owner of the garden standing in its center, working with his spade spreading the water (changing the course of the water). He asked him: "O slave of Allah, what is your name?" He told his name, which was the same that he heard from the cloud. The owner of the garden then asked him: "O slave of Allah, why did you ask my name?" He replied: "I heard a voice from a cloud which poured down this water saying: 'Irrigate the garden of so-and-so.' I would like to know what do you do with it." He said: "Now that you asked me, I will tell you. I estimate the produce of the garden and distribute one-third of it in charity, I spend one-third on myself and my family and invest one-third back into the garden."
[Muslim].
وعنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بينما رجل يمشى بفلاة من الأرض فسمع صوتاً فى سحابة إسق حديقة فلان فتنحى ذلك السحاب فأفرغ ماءه فى حرة فإذا شرجة من تلك الشراح قد استوعبت ذلك الماء كله فتتبع الماء فإذا رجل قائم فى حديقته يحول الماء بمسحاته فقال له يا عبد الله ما اسمك قال فلان للاسم الذى سمع فى السحابة فقال له يا عبد الله لم تسألني عن اسمي فقال إنى سمعت صوتاً فى السحاب الذى هذا ماؤه يقول اسق حديقة فلان لإسمك فما تصنع فيها فقال أما إذا قلت هذا فإنى أنظر إلى ما يخرج منها فأتصدق بثلثه وآكل أنا وعيالى ثلثاً وأرد فيها ثلثه ((رواه مسلم)) الحرة الأرض الملبسة حجارة سوداء والشرجة بفتح الشين المعجمة وإسكان الراء وبالجيم هى مسيل الماء
Prohibition of Miserliness
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Beware of oppression, for oppression will be darkness on the Day of Resurrection; and beware of stinginess because it destroyed those who were before you. It incited them to shed their blood and deem unlawful as lawful."
[Muslim].
وعن جابر رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال اتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة واتقوا الشح فإن الشح أهلك من كان قبلكم حملهم على أن سفكوا دماءهم واستحلوا محارمهم ((رواه مسلم))
Selflessness and Sympathy
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said; "I am hard pressed by hunger." He (ﷺ) sent a word to one of his wives who replied: "By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I have nothing except water." Then he sent the same message to another (wife) and received the same reply. He sent this message to all of them (i.e., his wives) and received the same reply. Then he (ﷺ) said, "Who will entertain this (man) as guest?" One of the Ansar said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will." So he took him home and said to his wife: "Serve the guest of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)."
Another narration is: The Ansari asked his wife: "Have you got anything?" She answered: "Nothing, except a little food for the children." He said: "Keep them busy with something, and when they ask for food put them to sleep. When the guest enters, extinguish the light and give him the impression that we are also eating." So they sat down and the guest ate and they passed the night hungry. When he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the morning, he said to him, "Allah admired what you did with your guest last night."
[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال إنى مجهود فأرسل إلى بعض نسائه فقالت والذى بعثك بالحق ما عندى إلا ماء ثم أرسل إلى أخرى فقالت مثل ذلك حتى قلن كلهن مثل ذلك لا والذى بعثك بالحق ما عندى إلا ماء فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من يضيفه هذا الليلة فقال رجل من الأنصار أنا يا رسول الله فانطلق به إلى رحله فقال لامرأته أكرمي ضيف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وفى رواية قال لامرأته هل عندك شئ قالت لا إلا قوت صبيانى قال فعلليهن بشئوإذا أرادوا العشاء فنوميهم وإذا دخل ضيفنا فأطفئ السراج وأريه أنا نأكل فقعدوا وأكل الضيف وبات طاويين فلما أصبح غدا على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال لقد عجب الله من صنيعكما بضيفكما الليلة ((متفق عليه))
Selflessness and Sympathy
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food for two suffices for three; and the food for three suffices for four persons."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In Muslim, Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The food for one person suffices for two; the food for two suffices for four, and the food for four suffices for eight persons."
وعنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم طعام الاثنين كافي الثلاثة وطعام الثلاثة كافي الأربعة ((متفق عليه)) وفى رواية لمسلم عن جابر رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال طعام الواحد يكفي الاثنين وطعام الاثنين يكفي الأربعة وطعام الأربعة يكفي الثمانية
Selflessness and Sympathy
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Once we were on a journey with Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when a rider came and began looking right and left. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has an extra mount should offer it to him who is without it, and whoever has surplus food should give it to him who has nothing;" and he continued mentioning other properties until we thought that none of us had any right to surplus of his own property.
[Muslim].
عن أبي سعيد الخدرى قال بينما نحن فى سفر مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذ جاء رجل على راحلة له فجعل يصرف بصره يمينا وشمالاً فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من كان معه فضل ظهر فليعد به على من لا ظهر له ومن كان له فضل من زاد فليعد به على من لا زاد له فذكر من أصناف المال ما ذكر حتى رأينا أنه لا حق لأحد منا فى فضل ((رواه مسلم))
Selflessness and Sympathy
Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A woman brought a woven piece of cloth to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him: "I have woven this sheet with my own hands for you to wear." He accepted it as he was in need of it. He later came out wearing it as a lower garment. Someone said: "How nice it is! Kindly give it to me." Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Very well." He remained in our company for some time, then he went back, folded it and sent it to the man. The people said (to that man): "You did not do well. Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wore it and he was in need of it, and you asked him for it when you are well aware that he (ﷺ) never refuses a request." He said: "I swear by Allah that I did not ask it for wearing. I asked him for it so that it might be my shroud after my death." Sahl (the narrator of this Hadith) said: And in fact it was used as his shroud.
[Al-Bukhari].
وعن سهل بن سعد رضي الله عنه أن امرأة جاءت إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ببردة منسوجة فقالت نسجتها لأكسوكها فأخذها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم محتاجاً إليها فخرج إلينا وإنها إزاره فقال فلان اكسونيها ما أحسنها فقال نعم فجلس النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فى المجلس ثم رجع فطواها ثم أرسل به إليه فقال له القوم ما أحسنت لبسها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم محتاجاً إليها ثم سألته وعلمت أنه لا يرد سائلاً فقال إنى والله ما سألته لألبسها وإنما سألته لتكون كفني قال سهل فكانت كفنه ((رواه البخاري))
Selflessness and Sympathy
Abu Musa (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When the Ash'ariyun run short of food in the Jihad or when they are at home in Al-Madinah, they collect all the provisions they have in a sheet and then divide it equally among themselves. They are of me and I am of them."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن أبي موسى رضي الله عنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن الأشعريين إذا أرملوا فى الغزو أو قل طعام عيالهم بالمدينة جمعوا ما كان عندهم فى ثوب واحد اقتسموه بينهم فى إناء واحد بالسوية فهم منى وأنا منهم ((متفق عليه)) أرملوا فرغ زادهم أو قارب الفراغ
Competition in matters of the Hereafter
Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A drink was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he drank some of it. On his right was a boy and on his left were elderly people. He said to the boy, "Would you permit me to give the rest of this drink to these on my left?" The boy said, "O Messenger of Allah, I would certainly not give preference to anyone in anything that might come to me from you." So he handed over the rest of the drink to him.
[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن سهل بن سعد رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أتي بشراب فشرب منه وعن يمينه غلام وعن يساره الأشياخ فقال للغلام أتأذن لى أن أعطي هؤلاء فقال الغلام لا والله يا رسول الله لا أؤثر منك أحداً فتله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فى يده ((متفق عليه)) تله بالتاء المثناه فوق أى وضعه وهذا الغلام هو ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما
Competition in matters of the Hereafter
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "While Ayyub (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) was taking a bath, naked, a large number of gold locusts fell on him. He tried to collect them in a piece of cloth, when he heard his Rubb (Allah) calling him: 'O Ayyub ! Have I not sufficed you to care for what you see (the worldly possessions)?' Ayyub (ﷺ) said: 'Indeed by Your Power, but I can never do away with Your Blessings."'
[Al- Bukhari].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بينما أيوب عليه السلام يغتسل عريانا فخر عليه جراد من ذهب فجعل أيوب يحثي فى ثوبه فناداه ربه عز وجل يا أيوب ألم أكن أغنيتك عما ترى قالبلى وعزتك ولكن لا غنى بى عن بركتك ((رواه البخاري))
Excellence of a Grateful Rich Man
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Envy is permitted only in two cases: A man whom Allah gives wealth, and he disposes of it rightfully, and a man to whom Allah gives knowledge which he applies and teaches it."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا حسد إلا فى اثنتين رجل آتاه الله مالاً فسلطه على هلكته فى الحق ورجل آتاه الله حكمة فهو يقضي بها ويعلمها ((متفق عليه وتقدم شرحه قريباً))
Excellence of a Grateful Rich Man
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Envy is justified in regard to two types of persons only: a man whom Allah has given knowledge of the Qur'an, and so he recites it during the night and during the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and so he spends from it during the night and during the day."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا حسد إلى فى اثنتين رجل آتاه الله القرآن فهو يقوم به آناء الليل وآناء النهار ورجل آتاه الله مالاً فهو ينفقه آناء الليل وآناء النهار ((متفق عليه))الآناءالساعات
Excellence of a Grateful Rich Man
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Some of the poor Emigrants came to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said to him, "The wealthy have obtained all high ranks and everlasting bliss." He asked, "How is that?" They replied: "They offer Salaah as we do, and observe Saum (fasting) as we do, but they give in Sadaqah (charity) and we do not, and they emancipate slaves and we cannot." He (ﷺ) said, "Shall I not teach you something whereby you will catch up with those who have preceded you and will get ahead of those who follow you, and no one will surpass you unless he does the same as you do?" They said, "Surely, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Say: Subhan Allah, and Allahu Akbar, and praise Him (by saying Al-hamdu lillah) thirty-three times at the end of every Salaah." They returned to him and said: "Our brothers, the possessors of wealth, having heard what we are doing, have started doing the same." Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "This is Grace of Allah which He gives to whom He wishes."
[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن فقراء المهاجرين أتوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا ذهب أهل الدثور بالدرجات العلى والنعيم المقيم فقال وما ذاك فقالويصلون كما نصلى ويصومون كما نصوم ويتصدقون ولانتصدق ويعتقون ولا نعتق فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أفلا أعلمكم شيئا تدركون به من سبقكم وتسبقون به من بعدكم ولا يكون أحد أفضل منكم إلا من صنع مثل ما صنعتم قالوا بلى يا رسول الله قال تسبحون وتكبرون وتحمدون دبر كل صلاة ثلاثاً وثلاثين مرة فرجع فقراء المهاجرين إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالو سمع إخواننا أهل الأموال بما فعلنا ففعلوا مثله فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء ((متفق عليه)) وهذا لفظ رواية مسلم
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took hold of my shoulders and said, "Be in the world like a stranger or a wayfarer." Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) used to say: When you survive till the evening do not expect to live until the morning; and when you survive till the morning do not expect to live until the evening. While in good health (do good deeds) before you fall sick; and while you are alive (do good deeds) before death strikes.
[Al- Bukhari].
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمنكبي فقال كن فى الدنيا كأنك غريب أو عابر سبيل وكان ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما يقول إذا أمسيت فلا تنتظر الصباح وإذا أصبحت فلا تنتظر المساء وخذ من صحتك لمرضك ومن حياتك لموتك ((رواه البخاري))
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is the duty of a Muslim who has something which is to be given as a bequest not to have it for two nights without executing a written will."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In the narration of Muslim it is narrated as 'three nights'. Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: Since I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say this, I have never spent a night without having my will with me.
وعنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ما حق امرئ مسلم له شئ يوصي فيه يبيت ليلتين إلا ووصيته مكتوبة عنده ((متفق عليه)) هذا لفظ البخاري وفى رواية لمسلم يبيت ثلاث ليال قال ابن عمر ما مرت على ليلة منذ سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ذلك إلا وعندي وصيتي
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) drew a few lines and said, "One of them represents man and another indicates death; and a man continues like this until the nearest line (i.e., death) overtakes him."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال خط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خطوطا فقال هذا الإنسان وهذا أجله فبينما هو كذلك إذ جاء الخط الأقرب ((رواه البخاري))
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) drew up a square and in the middle of it he drew a line, the end of which jutted out beyond the square. Further across the middle line, he drew a number of smaller lines. Then he (ﷺ) said, "The figure represents man and the encircling square is the death which is encompassing him. The middle line represents his desires and the smaller lines are vicissitudes of life. If one of those misses him, another distresses him, and if that one misses him, he falls victim to another."
[Al-Bukhari].
وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال خط النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خطا مربعا وخط خطاً فى الوسط خارجاً منه وخط خططاً صغاراً إلى هذا الذى فى الوسط من جانبه الذى فى الوسط فقال هذا الإنسان وهذا أجله محيطا به أو قد أحاط به وهذا الذى هو خارج أمله وهذه الخطط الصغار الأعراض فإن أخطأه هذا نهشه هذا وإن أخطأه هذا نهشه هذا ((رواه البخاري))
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Hasten to do good deeds before you are overtaken by one of the seven afflictions." Then (giving a warning) he said, "Are you waiting for poverty which will make you unmindful of devotion, or prosperity which will make you corrupt, or a disease which will disable you, or senility which will make you mentally unstable, or sudden death which will take you all of a sudden, or Ad-Dajjal who is the worst expected, or the Hour; and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter."
[At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan].
وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بادروا بالأعمال سبعاً هل تنتظرون إلا فقراً منسياً أو غنى مطغياً أو مرضاً مفسداً أو هرماً مفنداً أو موتاً مجهزاً أو الدجال فشر غائب ينتظر أو الساعة فالساعة أدهى وأمر ((رواه الترمذى وقال حديث حسن))
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Remember more often the destroyer of pleasures - death."
[At-Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan].
وعنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أكثروا ذكر هاذم اللذات ((يعنى الموت)) ((رواه الترمذى وقال حدث حسن))
Remembrance of Death and Restraint of Wishes
Ubayy bin Ka'b (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: When one- third of the night would pass, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would get up and call out, "O people, remember Allah. The Rajifah (i.e., the first Blowing of the Trumpet which will shake the whole universe and thus cause all life to cease) has come, followed by Ar-Radifah (i.e., the second Blowing of the Trumpet which will restore life and thus mark the Resurrection Day). Death has approached with all that it comprises. Death has approached with all that it comprises." I said: "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I frequently invoke Allah to elevate your rank. How much of my supplications should I devote to you?" He said, "You may devote as much as you wish." When I suggested a quarter, he said, "Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase it." I suggested half, and he said, "Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase." I suggested two- thirds, and he said, "Do whatever you wish but it will be better for you if you increase it." I said, "Shall I devote all my supplications invoking Allah to elevate your rank?" He said, "Then you will be freed from your worries and your sins will be forgiven."
[At- Tirmidhi, who classified it as Hadith Hasan].
وعن أبي بن كعب رضي الله عنه كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا ذهب ثلث الليل قام فقال يا أيها الناس اذكروا الله جاءت الراجفة تتبعها الرادفة جاء الموت بما فيه جاء الموت بما فيه قلت يا رسول الله إنى أكثر الصلاة عليك فكم أجعل لك من صلاتى قال ما شئت قلت الربع قال ما شئت فإن زذت فهو لك قلت فالنصف قال ما شئت فإن زذت فهو لك قلت فالثلثين قال ما شئت فإن زدت فهو خير لك قلت أجعل لك صلاتى كلها قال إذا تكفى همك ويغفر لك ذنبك ((رواه الترمذى وقال حديث حسن))
Desirability of visiting the Graves for men, and that they should say
Buraidah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "(In the past) I forbade you from visiting graves, but visit them now."
In another narration Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever wants to visit a graveyard, let him do so, because it reminds us of the Hereafter."
[Muslim].
عن بريدة رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كنت نهيتكم عن زيارة القبور فزوروها ((رواه مسلم))وفي رواية فمن أراد أن يزور القبور فليزر فإنها تذكرنا الآخرة